Under Pressure

We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. 

We are perplexed, but not driven to despair.

2 Corinthians 4:8

 

Have you ever felt as if the world was pressing in so much that you would be crushed at best, and go insane at worst.  So much pressure is being placed on you that you can understand how a lump of coal feels when it's being turned into a diamond.  What are we to do when the stress and anxiety come crashing down on us?  The Apostle points out the they were not crushed. Why?  Maybe because being crushed would be the easy way out.

Perhaps the Apostle is reminding us that our enemy will use whatever means he must to cause us to become ineffective and/or question God's control of everything!  If he can get us to give up and focus only on ourselves because of everything we are dealing with, then we become ineffective.  

Think about this:  People aren't as interested in your situations and all you have to deal with as much as they are watching to see how you are dealing with it.  Are you trusting God or are you ranting like a lunatic?